Saturday, November 19, 2011

This Week in Musical Obsessions

"The Moment" by Atomic Tom. I don't sleep when I'm in NYC and find myself watching a lot of basic cable, usually culminating with me catching a few precious minutes of zzz's in front of Two and Half Men.

One night, while flipping channels, I came across the Fearless Music showcase, featuring Atomic Tom's "The Moment." As you've probably noticed, I'm pretty damn cynical about modern music, but this just blew my mind--it reminded me of something I could remember, struck up an emotion I couldn't name.

I like real love songs--songs like The Replacements "I Will Dare" that capture the awkward desparation of falling in deeply, madly, passionately infatuated in love. "The Moment" is exactly that. It's about that one moment where you get that absolute rush of love, those great terrifying shivers that cause you to seize up and go silent (or worse, babble) in your beloved's presence.

I'm pretty much done falling in love. I've met the man of my dreams and we've been together for awhile. But sometimes I miss that tipping-backwards feeling of a new love. That's where music comes in. It's fantasy. For 4 minutes and 35 seconds, I can remember that rush without having to go through all the trouble of falling in love again.